SPECTACULAR JOHN ULRICH ENGRAVED GOLD AND NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

SPECTACULAR JOHN ULRICH ENGRAVED GOLD AND NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). SN 35248. Standard carbine, 2nd model with screwed-on dust cover rail, 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, integral front sight/bbl band, and two position flip rear sight. Dust cover is the oval impressed thumb print type. Mounted with spectacular XX flame & shell grain, uncheckered, American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap that contains an orig 3-pc nickel-plated, brass & iron wiping rod. There is a staple and ring in the left side of receiver. Receiver & buttplate tang are beautifully engraved with Ulrich’s fine quality, highly detailed vignettes of a running white tail buck in a woodlands scene on the left sideplate and a standing bull moose in a woodlands scene on the right sideplate. Both panels & sides of receiver are wonderfully engraved with foliate arabesque patterns and the front panels have Ulrich’s Moorish patterns of intertwined geometric bars with a flower blossom in the center and chain borders top & bottom. Bottom tang is signed “J. Ulrich”. This pattern can be seen on 1873 SN 86598 as pictured on pg. 136 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson, 2nd edition. Receiver ring & dust cover are also beautifully engraved and there are foliate arabesque flourishes at each end of hammer slot. There is a mirror image engraving pattern on the carrier and bottom of receiver. Tang of buttplate is also lightly engraved. Receiver & buttplate are gold washed and the balance of the metal, bbl, magazine tube, bbl bands, lever, hammer, & lever lock are all nickel plated. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped “XX” and the assembly number 169, which number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock and inside the toe of buttplate. Pg. 152 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson 1st edition shows the right side of an identical pattern, probably this rifle but it is not identified. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about 90% strong orig nickel and magazine tube about 80% orig nickel. Bbl bands retain about all of their orig nickel with some flaking on middle band. Receiver retains about 70% strong, bright, orig gold wash flaked to dark patina on the front panels and worn to light patina on the bottom. Sideplates are mostly a dark patina with gold in the engraving. Buttplate retains 65-70% gold wash strong on the tang & middle area. Wood is sound with a small gouge on the forearm and light handling & use marks elsewhere with a filled grain check on the right side of the buttstock, and overall retains a beautiful, fine oil finish, worn dark on the back half of the forearm. Mechanics are fine. Brilliant, shiny bore. 4-58199 (110,000-130,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1095	$97,750.00	SPECTACULAR JOHN ULRICH ENGRAVED GOLD AND NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). SN 35248. Standard carbine, 2nd model with screwed-on dust cover rail, 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, integral front sight/bbl band, and two position flip rear sight. Dust cover is the oval impressed thumb print type. Mounted with spectacular XX flame & shell grain, uncheckered, American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap that contains an orig 3-pc nickel-plated, brass & iron wiping rod. There is a staple and ring in the left side of receiver. Receiver & buttplate tang are beautifully engraved with Ulrich’s fine quality, highly detailed vignettes of a running white tail buck in a woodlands scene on the left sideplate and a standing bull moose in a woodlands scene on the right sideplate. Both panels & sides of receiver are wonderfully engraved with foliate arabesque patterns and the front panels have Ulrich’s Moorish patterns of intertwined geometric bars with a flower blossom in the center and chain borders top & bottom. Bottom tang is signed “J. Ulrich”. This pattern can be seen on 1873 SN 86598 as pictured on pg. 136 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson, 2nd edition. Receiver ring & dust cover are also beautifully engraved and there are foliate arabesque flourishes at each end of hammer slot. There is a mirror image engraving pattern on the carrier and bottom of receiver. Tang of buttplate is also lightly engraved. Receiver & buttplate are gold washed and the balance of the metal, bbl, magazine tube, bbl bands, lever, hammer, & lever lock are all nickel plated. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped “XX” and the assembly number 169, which number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock and inside the toe of buttplate. Pg. 152 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson 1st edition shows the right side of an identical pattern, probably this rifle but it is not identified. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about 90% strong orig nickel and magazine tube about 80% orig nickel. Bbl bands retain about all of their orig nickel with some flaking on middle band. Receiver retains about 70% strong, bright, orig gold wash flaked to dark patina on the front panels and worn to light patina on the bottom. Sideplates are mostly a dark patina with gold in the engraving. Buttplate retains 65-70% gold wash strong on the tang & middle area. Wood is sound with a small gouge on the forearm and light handling & use marks elsewhere with a filled grain check on the right side of the buttstock, and overall retains a beautiful, fine oil finish, worn dark on the back half of the forearm. Mechanics are fine. Brilliant, shiny bore. 4-58199 (110,000-130,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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